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YELLOWSTONE  NATIONAL  PARK 


COPYRIGHT  1910  BY  OREGON  SHORT  LINE  TEXT  BY  EDWARD  F.|COLBORN  PHOTOS  BY  F.  J.  HAYNES 


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thence     through     the     Park     by     the     four-horse     Concord     coaches     of     the 

M-Y    STAGE    COMPANY 


The   Great   Falls   of  the  Yellowstone 


GEYSERLAND 

HERE  in  confusion  canyons  and  moun- 
tains and  swift  running  rivers  with 
painted  banks  abound,  and  elk  and 
deer,  buffalo  and  bear  range  through 
the  wilds  unterrified  by  man  and  gun, 
and  tall,  straight  pines  in  almost  unbroken  forests 
plant  their  feet  in  a  tangle  of  down-timber  that 
centuries  were  required  to  produce;  where  in  the 
earth  there  are  vents  through  which  roar  and  rush 
at  exact  intervals  columns  of  boiling  water,  some- 
times more  than  two  hundred  feet  high,  or  in  which 
painted  mud  blubbers  and  spurts;  where  pools  by 
thousands  at  scalding  heat  boil  and  murmur;  where 
under  one's  feet  is  felt  the  hollow  of  the  earth  and 
through  hundreds  of  holes  of  unfathomable  depth 
come  deep  growls  of  Nature  in  her  confinement; 
where  dyes  have  been  daubed  in  delirium  on  hill- 
sides and  river's  brink;  where  a  canyon  gashes  the 
earth  thousands  of  feet  through  colors  so  vivid  and 
varied  that  no  record  can  write  them  down;  where 
one  of  the  highest  navigable  lakes  in  the  world 
washes  the  feet  of  mountains  that  hold  aloft  the 
snows  through  every  month  of  the  year;  where  the 
supernal  and  the  infernal  are  blended  in  a  harmony 
that  only  Infinitude  can  produce,  and  every  miracle 
of  Creation  has  been  worked;  where  one  can  be 
lost  in  a  wilderness  as  long  as  he  will  and  come 
face  to  face  with  almost  every  form  of  creative 
eccentricity — there  is  Geyserland. 


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The  Cascades  of  the  Firehole  River 


Hayden  Valley  between  Yellowstone  Lake  and  the  Falls 


ELLOWSTONE 

National  Park 
is  reached  via  the 
Union  Pacific 
and  its  connec- 
tion, the  Oregon 
^  Short  Line,  the 
New  and  Direct  Route,  over 
one  stem  from  Kansas  City  and 
Leaven  worth,  and  over  another 
from  Council  Bluffs  and  Omaha. 
By  way  of  the  latter  you  cross 
the  Missouri  River  over  a 
magnificent  steel  bridge  and 
traverse  the  "Lane  Cut  Off,"  a 
splendid  illustration  of  modern 
railroad  construction.  If  you 
journey  over  the  stem  from 
Kansas  City,  your  way  leads 
through  a  succession  of  thriving 
cities  and  towns  amid  the  finest 
farming  region  of  the  West,  and 
through  beautiful  Denver, 
through  Cheyenne,  thence 
through  Wyoming,  and  a  portion 
of  Utah,  to  Ogden,  from  which 
point  Salt  Lake  City,  37  miles 
distant,  is  reached. 

Leaving  the  central  system  of 
transcontinental  lines,  access  to 
the  Park  is  had  in  a  night  by 
way  of  the  Oregon  Short  Line 
Railroad  from  Salt  Lake  City, 
Ogden,  or  Pocatello  to  the 
station,  Yellowstone,  Montana, 
at  the  western  border,  nineteen 
miles  from  the  Fountain  Hotel. 
All  along  this  route  are  strewn 
stretches  of  delightful  scenery, 
and  fields  of  rare  fertility;  but 
these  things  the  tourist  does 
not  see — he  awakens  for  break- 
fast at  Yellowstone,  and  an 
hour  thereafter  is  following  the 
course  of  the  beautiful  Madison, 
well  on  his  way  into  the  Park 
and  to  the  wonders  that  there 
await  him. 


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S  a  whole,  the 
scenery  of  the 
Park  is  restful 
and  satisfying. 
What  it  lacks 
in  the  stupen- 
dous it  makes 
up  in  softness  of  coloring  and 
the  gentle  undulations  that 
lead  gradually  to  the  massive 
mountains.  The  green  of  the 
pines,  lightened  and  darkened 
here  and  there  with  the  shades 
of  different  species,  is  every- 
where. The  waters  of  the 
rivers  are  dimmed  by  the  sha- 
dows; the  cascades  have  a 
glimmer  and  sparkle  quite  their 
own,  and  now  and  then  peep 
out  in  the  sweeps  of  the  distance, 
little  lakes  that  shimmer  in  the 
sun.  Vagrant  clouds  of  steam, 
signs  of  the  geysers  and  boiling 
springs,  are  seen  all  over  the 
landscape,  especially  in  the 
early  morning  when  a  little  of 
the  night  frost  still  lingers  in  the 
air.  Many  grotesque  shapes  are 
taken  on  by  the  rocks,  and  there 
is  hardly  a  spring  or  pool  that 
does  not  suggest  its  name  by  its 
form.  From  the  Lake  Hotel 
can  be  seen  facing  skyward,  the 
profile  of  a  human  face  so  per- 
fect it  has  long  been  called 
"The  Sleeping  Giant."  Yellow- 
stone Lake  is  a  marvel  of  beauty; 
the  dense  forest  comes  down  to 
its  shores,  little  dots  of  islands 
sprinkle  its  surface,  its  waters  are 
crystal  clear  away  into  the  deep, 
and  under  the  kiss  of  the  sun  the 
face  of  the  sea  takes  on  a  glory 
altogether  splendid. 


Keppler  Cascades 


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The  Mud  Geyser 


A  Coaching  Party 


HE  stage  coach, 
the  old-fash- 
ioned one  with 
the  lofty  seat  for 
the  driver  and 
the  boot  and  the 
thorough-brace, 
the  rocking-cradle  vehicle  that 
served  so  well  when  civilization 
was  beating  its  way  westward 
fifty  years  ago,  holds  the  first 
right-of-way  through  the  Park. 
Driven  from  use  almost  every- 
where else  by  the  iron  horse,  it 
has  found  safe  refuge  there,  and 
neither  the  railways  nor  the  auto- 
mobiles can  enter  to  oppose  it. 
A  good  half  of  the  pleasures 
of  the  tour  is  found  in  the 
coaching.  To  watch  for  the 
coming  of  the  stage  at  the  door 
of  the  Inn  where  the  baggage  is 
piled,  and  the  porters  and  bell 
boys  stand  expectant — to  hear 
the  clatter  of  the  wheels,  the 
sound  of  hoofs,  and  to  see  the 
gaily  harnessed  horses  in  con- 
scious pride  swing  the  coach 
gracefully  under  the  Porte 
Cochere — to  be  wheeled  over 
the  winding,  dustless  roads  at 
ten  miles  an  hour  behind  pranc- 
ing leaders  and  wheelers — to  be 
garbed  as  you  please  without 
thought  of  style  or  detail — to 
breathe  air  distilled  among  the 
fragrant  pines — to  be  touched 
by  breezes  that  fan  your  cheek 
and  dishevel  your  hair — to  be 
free  from  all  care  and  abandon 
yourself  to  the  delights  that  come 
with  the  everchanging  scenes , 
that  panoramic  Nature  is  con- 
stantly unfolding  to  your  gaze — 


Ten 


Park 

Regulations 

and 

Improvements 

is  to  experience  an  exhilaration 
never  to  be  found  among  the 
busy  haunts  of  men. 

The  drivers,  gentlemanly  and 
skillful,  are  full  of  information, 
and  you  do  the  1 58  miles  from 
Yellowstone  around  the  circle 
back  to  Yellowstone  with  so 
little  fatigue  that  you  regret  the 
trip  is  not  longer. 

WO  companies 
of  United 
States  Cavalry 
are  stationed 
at  Fort  Yellow- 
stone, and,  dur- 
ing the  summer 
detachments  of  these  troops  are 
placed  in  different  parts  of  the 
reservation.  Their  duties  are  to 
patrol  the  Park,  prevent  the 
spreading  of  forest  fires  and  the 
commission  of  acts  of  vandalism. 
The  troops  have  authority  to 
make  arrests  for  any  violation  of 
Park  regulations.  Hunting  is 
especially  prohibited,  and  all 
guns  are  officially  sealed  at  the 
entrance  to  the  Park. 

The  commanding  officer  at 
Fort  Yellowstone  is  Acting 
Superintendent  of  the  reserva- 
tion. All  rules  and  regulations 
emanate  from  the  Department 
of  the  Interior,  and  printed 
copies  of  them  will  be  found 
posted  in  all  Park  Hotels. 

The  Government  has  con- 
structed a  system  of  macadam- 
ized roads  of  easy  grade 
throughout  the  Park,  and  these 
are  kept  sprinkled  daily  during 
the  Park  season. 


The  Crater  of  Oblong  Geyser 


Punch  Bowl  Spring 


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Grotto  Geyser  Formation 


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Upper  Geyser  Basin 


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Geysers 

ATURE  has  lavished  her  gifts  on  the  region  of  the  Yellowstone — wild  woodland,  crystal 
rivers,  gorgeous  canyons  and  sparkling  cascades — all  under  the  guard  of  mountain  sentinels 
around  whose  lofty  heads  group  every  form  of  cloud  castle  that  vagrant  winds  can  build. 
But  of  all  the  wonders  that  God  in  His  mysterious  way  has  there  worked  to  perform,  none 
is  so  strange — so  startling — as  the  geysers. 

To  count  them,  great  and  small,  would  be  like  counting  the  stars,  and  to  measure  in 
words  their  awful  power,  or  picture  their  splendor  of  sparkle  and  symmetry — that,  no  one 
can  do.  They  must  be  seen  to  be  appreciated,  and  once  seen — the  memory  and  mystery  of  them  will 
linger  to  the  end  of  the  longest  life.  They  are  as  different  as  geysers  can  be.  There  are  dead  geysers — 
dead  from  bursted  throats — mere  boiling  pools  now — shaped  to  resemble  a  variety  of  familiar  things; 
with  depths  that  the  eye  cannot  sound,  and  colors — blues,  greens,  purples,  reds — down  their  deep  sides 
and  in  the  wonderful  tracery  about  their  rims,  so  blended,  so  beautiful  that  one  may  well  believe  that  all 
the  paints  on  the  palette  of  the  Master  were  commingled  in  their  decoration. 

One  blubbers  and  gurgles  and  grumbles  awhile,  and  then  with  an  angry  roar  lifts  a  great  column  of 
mud  into  the  air.  Another  steams  and  growls  through  an  orifice  hundreds  of  feet  wide  in  seeming  angry 
spite  that  years  ago  it  blew  out  its  throat  and  ceased  to  gush  forever.*  But  the  geysers  that  most  attract 
are  the  regular-rimed  spouting  wonders — the  Giant  and  Giantess,  Old  Faithful,  the  Grand,  the  Fountain, 
the  Castle  and  others  whose  names  mark  the  geography  of  the  Park. 


*In  1888,  Excelsior,  then  the  greatest  geyser  in  the  known  world,  while  playing  with  unusual  vigor,  ruptured  its  crater  and 
has  never  spouted  since.  In  its  former  periods  of  activity  it  is  said  to  have  raised  the  Firehole  river  seven  feet  in  as  many  minutes 
with  its  waters.  (Ed.) 


The  Geysers  in  Winter 


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They  are  variously  located  in  three  distinct  basins  which  are  far  enough  apart  to  give  the  traveler  by 
stage  a  few  geysers  with  each  day's  entertainment.  These  basins  are  great  wastes  of  a  white  deposition 
called  in  Park  vernacular  "the  formation"  under  which  must  be  boiling  one  of  the  mighty  cauldrons  of  the 
earth,  for  one  can  feel  under  foot  a  tremble,  and  can  hear  through  a  hundred  orifices  the  hiss  of  steam  and 
the  angry  murmur  of  the  waters  below. 

The  coming  and  going  of  the  geysers  is  an  astonishing  and  awe-inspiring  spectacle,  and  so  accurately 
timed  and  so  certain  to  perform  are  they,  that  no  one  need  miss  the  experience.  The  geyser  passive  is  a 
hole  at  the  summit  of  a  cone.  The  cone  rises  gradually  from  the  plane  of  the  formation  and,  ragged  and 
deep,  growls  hoarsely  and  steams  fitfully.  Thus  it  is  a  moment  before  its  time  for  activity,  and  then  comes 
the  geyser  active.  There  is  a  loud  preliminary  roar  and  then  suddenly,  with  a  rush  and  power  almost 
terrifying,  a  white  obelisk  of  scalding,  steaming  water  is  lifted  into  the  air  sometimes  250  feet,  and  there 
held  scintillating  and  glistening  in  the  sun  until  the  play  is  over,  when  it  sinks  gradually  back  from  whence 
it  came,  and  the  fitful  growling  and  steaming  begins  anew. 

Every  geyser  has  a  time  of  its  own  and  there  are  thousands  of  them,  varying  in  size  from  the  little 
growler  that  sputters  and  spits  a  thimbleful  from  its  tiny  throat,  to  the  Giant  that  three  times  a  month  plays 
for  ninety  minutes,  250  feet  high. 

How  old  the  geysers  are,  recorded  time  does  not  tell,  but  one  or  two  of  the  wise  men,  who  are  always 
measuring  the  duration  of  things  by  some  system  of  calculation,  have  determined  by  multiplying  the 
deposition  from  each  eruption  by  the  height  of  the  cone,  that  the  Giant,  for  instance,  has  been  playing 
some  thousands  of  years. 

If  those  who  come  and  go  across  the  land  every  year  on  pleasure  bent  only  knew  how  curious  and 
beautiful  geysers  are,  the  National  Park  would  count  its  visitors  by  multitudes. 


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Old    Faithful 


The    Great   Falls   From    Below 


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Old  Faithful  at  Sunrise 


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N  imagination,  lift  in  a  symmetrical  cone  two  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  gallons  of  scalding, 
steaming  water  one  hundred  and  fifty  feet  high  and  hold  it  there  three  minutes;  jewel  the 
grand  fountain  with  a  million  diamonds;  filter  through  it  the  hues  of  innumerable  dancing 
rainbows;  commingle  in  confusion  every  sound  of  splash  and  splutter — and  you  will  have 
a  faint  idea  of  Old  Faithful  in  action. 

It  is  the  immutable  water-clock    of    the  Yellowstone — the  most  perfect  illustration  of 
geyseric  phenomena — the  most  famous  and  beautiful  geyser  in  the  whole  world. 
The  note  of  the  beginning  of  the  play  of  the  geyser  is  an  angry  growl  down  deep  in  its  throat  whence 
almost  instantly  the  water,  in  rapid  recurrent  leaps,  forms  the  stately  fountain  that  plays  for  three  minutes  and 
then  slowly  sinks  into  the  earth  to  await  its  time  to  rise  again.      Sometimes  the  winds  unfold  from  its  top  an 
iridescent  banner  of  spray;    but  more  often  the  fountain  form  is  a  perfect  cone. 

Old  Faithful  plays  every  seventy  minutes  and  never  disappoints.  Visitors  to  the  Park  may  therefore  see 
it  under  various  conditions  of  light.  In  the  daytime,  under  the  sun,  it  glistens  and  gleams  with  prismatic  hues; 
but  the  most  enchanting  hour  to  witness  its  performance  is  that  when  night  is  falling — when  the  dusk  is 
around  it,  and  the  last  faint  tints  of  the  sun  linger  in  the  sky.  Then  it  is  a  spectre  in  ghostly  white  standing 
against  the  sombre  background  of  the  wilderness — a  sight  strange  and  startling  and  never  to  be  forgotten. 

It  has  long  been  the  custom  at  Old  Faithful  Inn  to  flood  the  geyser  at  night  with  the  rays  of  a  searchlight. 
Then  the  spectacle  takes  on  new  features — all  the  rainbow  hues  are  there,  and  looking  through  the  fountain 


The  Great  Falls  from  Point  Lookout 


The  Canyon  and  Falls  of  the  Yellowstone 


along  the  sweep  of  light,  one  sees  a  bediamonded  form  more  beautiful  than  any  ever  wrought  by  the  hands 
of  the  Ice  King. 

Verily,  Old  Faithful  is  one  of  the  most  wonderful  presentations  in  all  the  repertoire  of  Nature. 

HE  Canyon  and  Falls  of  the  Yellowstone  beggar  description.  They  are  twin  wonders  in  a 
Wonderland.  Is  there  any  other  gorge  as  gorgeous  as  that  Canyon?  With  such  gaiety  of 
coloring — with  such  delicate  and  lovely  shades  of  yellows  and  reds,  purples  and  pinks,  greens 
and  crimsons,  all  commingling  in  harmony  from  the  green-fringed  brink,  down,  down  the 
craggy  sides  into  sombre  depths  where  the  writhing,  gleaming  ribbon  of  river  thousands 
of  feet  below,  plunges  along  on  its  winding  way  to  the  sea? 

And  the  falls — the  drapery  of  the  canyon — the  two  silvery  curtains  that  hang  at  its  head — 
a  great  river  pouring  over  a  precipice  and  falling  in  glassy  sheets  hundreds  of  feet,  then  ruffling  and  flouncing 
and  festooning  until  lost  into  the  rainbow-hued  mist  at  their  feet. 

See  all  this  as  thousands  have  and  thousands  will  from  "Inspiration  Point" — a  rocky  balcony  over  the 
gorge,  with  the  eagle's  nests  below  you — or  from  "Artist's  Point"  on  the  other  side,  where  Moran  transferred 
the  glories  of  canyon  and  falls  to  canvas;  or  see  it  from  any  of  the  other  places  where  tourists  love  to  linger 
and  look,  and  you  will  see  the  most  tremendous,  stupendous,  alluring  and  altogether  splendid  spectacle  that 
Nature  ever  spread  out  for  the  wonder,  amazement  and  delight  of  mortal  eyes. 


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GEYSER  TIME  TABLE 


Corrected  by  observations  made  during  season  1910.     From  Haunts'  Official  Quide— Yellowstone  National  Park 


NAME 

HEIGHT 

FEET 

DURATION 

INTERVALS   OF  ERUPTIONS 

UPPER  BASIN  - 

Artemesia  

50 
200 
75 
100 
60 
30 
10 
75 

20 

60 

250 
150 
200 
30 
40 
60 
100 
75 
30 
35 
150 
100 
35 
4 
200 
100 
40 

10  minutes 
8  minutes 
30  minutes 
8  minutes 
1  minute 
1  0  minutes 
3  minutes 
2  minutes 

1  0  seconds 

10  minutes 
90  minutes 
1  2  to  24  hours 
40  to  80  minutes 
30  minutes 
1  minute 
8  minutes 
10  minutes 
10  minutes 
5  minutes 
5  minutes 
4  minutes 
15  minutes 
2  hours 
2  minutes 

1  2  to  24  hours 
1  2  hours  to  40  days 
26  hours  (frequently  misses) 
4  to  8  hours 
Irregular 
With  Lioness  Geyser 
With  Lion  Geyser 
45  to  60  minutes 
/   Follows  Grand  and  plays  every 
[       5  minutes  for  2  days 
4  to  6  hours 
7  to  1  2  days 
1  6  to  25  days 
2  to  20  days 
2  to  5  hours 
5  minutes 
6  to  12  hours 
15  to  20  days 
1  to  2  hours 
2  hours 
7  to  8  hours 
65  to  75  minutes 
7  hours 
2  to  3  hours 
2  to  3  hours 
Ceased  to  play  about  1892 
Irregular 
With  Grand  Geyser 

Bee-Hive  

Castle  

Cliff  

Comet    

Cub  (Big)  

Cub  (Little)  

Economic  

Fan  

Giantess  

Grand  •  .  • 

Grotto  

Mortar  

Oblong  

Old  Faithful  

Saw-Mill     

2  minutes 
20  minutes 

LOWER  BASIN.  .  . 

75 

100 

20  minutes 
30  minutes 

3  to  6  hours 
8  to  12  hours 

Great  Fountain    

MIDWAY  BASIN.  .  .  .Excelsior  

300 

Variable 

1  to  4  hours,  ceased  in  1888 

NORRIS  BASIN.  .  -  < 

20 

25 
15 
100 
20-60 
20 
100 

1  0  seconds 
1  5  minutes 
1  to  3  minutes 
6  minutes 
1  to  2  minutes 
1  minute 
40  minutes 

30  seconds 
3  hours 
1  to  3  minutes 
6  hours 
New,  irregular 
3  minutes 
74  hours 

Minute  Man  

Monarch  

Mud                

New  Crater  

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POOLS. 


A  FEW  OF  THE  IMPORTANT  POOLS  AND  SPRINGS 


SPRINGS 


Ace  of  Clubs 

Five  Sisters 

Sapphire 

Black  Sand 

Gem 

Silver  Bowl 

Deepest  in  Park- 

Handkerchief 

Sunset 

soundings,  300  feet 

Oyster 

Surprise 

Cannon  Ball 

Oyster  Shell 

Three  Sisters 

Diamond 

Orange 

Tea  Kettle 

Devil's  Pump 

Purple 

Topaz 

Devil's  Weil 

Punch  Bowl 

Vault 

Emerald 

Rainbow 

Arsenic 
Apollinaris 
Beauty 
Beryl 
Butterfly 
Cleopatra 
Castle 
Congress 
Devil's  Ear 

Iron 
Morning  Glory 
Pearl 
Peanut 
Sponge 
Soda 
Soda  Butte 
Three  Craters 

Twenty-F-ve 


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Mammoth  Hot  Springs 


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Hot  Springs  Cone 


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HE  structural  features  are  the  Mammoth  Hot  Springs  Hotel  and  the  garrison  of  Fort  Yellow- 
stone, around  which,  and  in  the  vicinity  of  the  springs,  the  landscape  gardener  has  produced 
many  beautiful  effects.  Here  are  found  the  most  remarkable  terrace-building  hot  springs 
in  the  world.  The  formation  is  calcareous,  and  the  deposition  by  the  waters  has  built  up 
through  the  centuries  cataracts  in  stone  of  indescribable  beauty  through  which  the  paints 
from  the  earth  have  been  mingled  and  blended  with  a  vividness  of  coloring  and  a  perfection 
of  shading  that  none  but  the  Master's  hand  could  work. 
The  waters  are  of  such  extraordinary  transparency  that  the  eye  can  only  guess  at  their  depth.  They 
are  held  steaming  and  pulsating  in  great  over-hanging  bowls,  from  which  they  gently  flow  down  over  the 
stony  cataracts,  carving  and  decorating  as  they  go.  Jupiter  and  Pulpit  Terraces  are  the  master-pieces  of 
Nature  here;  but  there  are  hundreds  of  other  curious  and  beautiful  things  to  see.  The  drive  to  and  from 
Norris  is  alive  with  interest.  It  leads  through  the  Golden  Gate,  and  on  the  way  can  be  seen  Obsidian  Cliff, 
Roaring  Mountain,  Beaver  and  Twin  Lakes  and  other  attractive  and  curious  features  of  topography. 


Mammoth  Hotel 


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HE  animals  of  the  Park  are  objects  of  peculiar  interest.  No  sound  of  gun  or  bark  of  dog  is 
ever  heard,  and  the  animals,  though  wild,  have  become  so  tame  that  they  give  only  curious 
notice  to  tourists  as  they  pass.  Deer,  elk  and  bear  roam  at  will  throughout  Geyserland. 
The  red  squirrel  and  the  chipmunk  scamper  along  the  roadway,  and  those  furry  little 
bundles,  the  wood-chucks,  flatten  out  on  the  rocks  and  take  no  heed  of  your  passing.  It 
is  an  everyday  sight  to  see  deer  and  their  young  by  the  roadside,  and  now  and  then  you 
get  a  glimpse  of  an  antlered  elk,  with  his  family  of  cows,  swimming  the  streams  of  the 

Park.     So  much  has  been  accomplished  by  law  in  robbing  man  of  his  terrors  to  the  wild,  that  all  of 

the  animals  in  the  Park,  except  those  that — like  the  mountain  lion  and  sheep,  frequent  places  inaccessible 

to  travelers — have  well-nigh  lost  their  fears. 

The  bears,  some  of  them  wrapped  in  robes  that  would  command  a  fancy  price,  come  down  in  the 

evening  from  their  homes  in  the  hills  to  feed  around  the  hotels.     The  after-dinner  entertainment  they  afford 

to  guests  is  an  everyday  pleasure. 


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Feeding  the  Bear 


Ticenty-Nine 


Th,rty 


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HEY  happen  along  at  the  end  of  each  day's  drive — great  roomy  structures  alive  with  light 
and  full  of  comfort  and  good  cheer.  And  such  inns  they  are — generous  lobbies  to  lounge 
in  before  old-fashioned  fire-places,  with  their  blazing,  snapping  logs — beds  to  sleep  in,  clean 
and  restful — prettily  furnished  rooms — and  cookery  and  service  almost  too  good  to  be  true. 
To  find  all  these  things  in  a  far-away  wilderness  is  to  wonder  what  magic  was  worked  to 
bring  them  all  about. 

The  great  inn  at  Mammoth  has  in  its  foreground,  three  hundred  feet  high,  the  wonder- 
ful, many-colored,  and  beautifully-formed  Hot  Springs  Terraces  which  belong  in  the  list  of  the  water-made 
wonders  of  the  Park. 

One  of  the  inns — Old  Faithful  —  cannot  be  matched  anywhere  in  the  world.  It  is  a  lofty,  wide- 
spreading  structure  of  logs,  with  a  touch  of  Swiss  about  its  gables  and  windows.  Within,  the  logs  are  every- 
where— partitions,  balustrades,  stair-steps,  and  newel  posts — even  the  drinking  fountain  is  a  log.  It  must 
have  been  a  mighty  task  to  search  the  forests  for  all  the  queer  forms  of  growth  that  enter  into  the  construction 
of  the  curious,  rustic  interior.  And  the  lobby,  with  its  four  great  cheerful  fireplaces — its  huge  com  popper 
— its  clock  and  twenty-foot  pendulum,  and  all  the  log-made  galleries  above  it — that  charms  and  comforts 
beyond  the  power  of  words  to  tell. 


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Inns 

The  inns  are  located  nearby  the  greatest  marvels  of  the  Park  and  their  sites  have  been  selected  to  show 
them  off  with  admirable  skill. 

From  the  Fountain  the  geysers  of  the  lower  basin  can  be  seen  at  their  play. 

Old  Faithful  Inn  looks  out  upon  a  great  steaming,  spouting  field,  and  has  its  namesake — the  glory  of  all 
the  geysers — almost  at  its  doors.  So  near,  indeed,  is  it,  that  all  the  night  through,  at  intervals  of  seventy 
minutes,  can  be  heard  the  old  monster  in  eruption. 

On  a  slope  that  sweeps  gently  down  to  the  waters  sits  the  Lake  Inn.  The  forest  creeps  down  to  it  on 
three  sides,  and  the  outlook  from  its  goodly  porches  is  over  the  broad  expanse  of  Yellowstone  Lake — one 
of  the  highest  of  navigated  seas,  and  as  passive,  clear  and  prettily  tree-trimmed  a  sheet  of  water  as  there  is 
in  the  world.  You  may  reach  this  inn  from  Thumb  by  steamer  or  by  coach;  but  if  you  would  have  two 
hours  of  ecstacy,  take  the  steamer.  Thumb  is  a  lunch  station,  and  the  lunch  there  is  a  creation. 

The  Canyon  Inn  is  almost  on  the  brink  of  the  gorge  where  falls  the  Yellowstone.  It  is  a  duplication 
in  excellence  of  the  other  inns,  and  when  you  bid  it  good-bye  it  is  to  begin  your  last  day's  tour  of  the  Park. 
Then  comes  Norris,  with  its  geysers  and  its  awful  "Black  Growler,"  and  a  lunch  that  will  send  the  tourist 
on  his  homeward  way  with  a  grateful  heart.  After  that — Yellowstone — and  the  whistle  of  the  engine  and 
the  waiting  Pullman — your  tour  is  ended  and  the  Park  a  pleasant  memory. 


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SHORT 


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Golden  Gate 


Thirty-Four 


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Lone  Star  Geyser 


HE  M.  &  Y. 

Stage  Com- 
pany, operating 
from  Yellow- 
stone, Montana 
(The  Oregon 
Short  Line  ter- 
minus at  the  western  entrance  to 
the  Park)  is  licensed  by  and  is 
under  the  direct  supervision  of 
the  United  States  Government. 
The  line  is  equipped  with 
elegant  new  two  and  four-horse 
Concord  coaches  and  two-horse 
surreys,  and  the  finest  of  horses. 
The  coaches  accommodate 
eight  and  eleven  passengers,  the 
surreys  three  and  five  passengers. 
The  drivers  have  been  especially 
selected  for  the  service,  are  well 
informed,  and  will  point  out  every 
interesting  feature  of  the  Park. 

The  five  days'  coaching  over 
the  line  of  this  Company  takes 
in  all  interesting  sights  in  the 
Park,  and  every  effort  is  made 
by  the  management  to  secure 
the  comfort  and  pleasure  of 
passengers. 

Stop-over  privileges  at  any 
Park  hotel  are  allowed  without 
additional  stage  charge;  but 
twenty-four  hours'  advance  notice 
must  be  given  to  the  Stage 
Company  of  the  coach  to  be 
taken.  Parties  so  desiring  can 
arrange  for  special  coaches  or 
surreys  for  the  Park  trip.  For 
further  information  regarding 
coaches  and  transportation  facili- 
ties through  the  Park,  address 
F.  J.  Haynes,  President  M.  &  Y. 
Stage  Company,  St.  Paul,  Minn., 
or  Yellowstone  Park,  Wyo. 


Thirty-Sir 


THE  YELLOWSTONE  PARK  FARES 


OWING  to  the  frequent  changes  of  fares  throughout  the  United  States,  this  publication  will  deal  only  with 
the  round-trip  fare  from  Salt  Lake  City,  Ogden,  Pocatello  and  Yellowstone.  Following  fares  from  Pocatello 
and  Yellowstone  are  open  to  all  passengers: — Fares  from  Ogden  or  Salt  Lake  are  side-trip  fares  available 
to  holders  of  transcontinental  tickets  of  any  class  reading  between  Cheyenne,  Denver,  Colorado  Springs, 
Pueblo  and  points  east  thereof,  on  the  one  hand,  and  points  west  of  the  eastern  state  line  of  Nevada  via  the 
Southern  Pacific  Company,  San  Pedro,  Los  Angeles  &  Salt  Lake  R.  R.  or  Western  Pacific  Railway,  or  west 
of  Pocatello,  Idaho,  via  the  Oregon  Short  Line  R.  R.  on  the  other  hand. 


Complete  Tour  of  the  Park 

Five-Day  Trip  via  the  Fountain,  Old  Faithful,  Lake 
and  Canyon  Inns,  Mammoth  Hot  Springs  and  Norris. .  .  . 

Hotel  accommodations  in  the  Park  (thirteen  meals  and  four  lodgings) 
included  in  the  ticket. 

Fare  for  children  covering  rail  transportation  only 


Main  Points  of  Interest 

Four- Day  Trip  via  the  Fountain,  Old  Faithful,  Lake 
and  Canyon  Inns  and  Norris 

Hotel  accommodations  in  the  Park  (ten  meals  and  three  lodgings) 
included  in  the  ticket. 

Fare  for  children  covering  rail  transportation  only 


To  the  Geysers  and  Return 

Two-Day  Trip — among  the  Geysers 


Hotel  accommodations  in  the  Park  (four  meals  and  one  lodging) 
included  in  the  ticket. 


From  Salt  Lake  City,  From 

Ogden  and  Pocatello.  Yellowstone. 

Rail,  Stages  and  Hotel.  Stage  and  Hotels. 

$55.50  $46.25 


4.65 


45.50  36.25 

.  4.65 


25.50 


16.25 


Fare  for  children  covering  rail  transportation  only 4.65 

Children  under  eight  years  of  age  will  be  granted  half  rates  locally  in  the  Park,  on  stage  lines  and  at  hotels. 


For  the  season  of   1911   the  first  date  that  passengers  can  leave  Yellowstone  (western  entrance)  and  make 
the  tour  of  the  Park  is  June  1 6th;  the  last  date  leaving  Yellowstone,  September  1 6th. 

BAGGAGE  REGULATIONS 

r*HE  baggage  limit  on  coaches  is  25  pounds.  Excess  rate  per  pound  10  cents.  Trunks  are  not  transported 
1  through  the  Park.  They  may  be  stored  free  of  charge  at  Yellowstone,  Pocatello,  Ogden  or  Salt  Lake  City, 
or  they  will  be  sent  around  to  Gardiner  by  rail  for  tourists  going  out  that  way.  Tourists  entering  via  Gardiner 
and  touring  the  Park  by  coaches  operating  from  there,  if  routed  out  through  the  western  entrance,  will 
transfer  to  the  M.  &  Y.  Stage  Line  at  Norris.  They  should  arrange  at  Mammoth  for  transfer  of  baggage  and 
Oregon  Short  Line  Pullman  reservations. 

Provisions  will  be  made  at  Yellowstone  station  for  the  care  of  ladies'  hats,  and  for  cleaning  and  pressing 
clothing  while  passengers  are  en  tour  through  the  Park.     A  nominal  charge  will  be  made  for  this  service. 


Q  C 


GERR1T  FORT 
D.  E.  BURLEY 


Passenger  Traffic  Manager 
General  Passenger  Agent 

OREGON  SHORT  LINE  RAILROAD 


OMAHA,  NEBRASKA 
SALT  LAKE  CITY,  UTAH 


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FOR  COMPLETE  INFORMATION 

ADDRESS 
ANY    OF    THE    FOLLOWING 


ATLANTA,  GA 

BOSTON,  MASS 

CHEYENNE,  WYO.  .    .    . 

CHICAGO,  ILL 

CINCINNATI,  O 

CLEVELAND,  O.  .  .  . 
COUNCIL  BLUFFS,  IA.  . 

DENVER,  COLO 

DES  MO1NES,  IA.  .  .  . 
DETROIT,  MICH.  .  .  . 
HOUSTON,  TEXAS  .  .  . 
HONG  KONG,  CHINA  .  . 

KANSAS  CITY,  MO.  .  .  . 
LEAVENWORTH,  KAN.  . 

LINCOLN,  NEB 

LOS  ANGELES,  CAL.  .  . 
MINNEAPOLIS,  MINN.  . 
NEW  ORLEANS,  LA.  .  . 

NEW  YORK  CITY,  N.  Y. . 


121  Peachtree  St.    . 
176  Washington  St. 


73  West  Jackson  Boulevard 
53  East  Fourth  St.  ... 
305  Williamson  Bldg.  .  . 

522  Broadway 

935-41  Seventeenth  St.  .  . 
310  West  Fifth  St.  ... 
ii  Fort  Street  West  . 


Kings  Building 


901  Walnut  St 

9-11  Leavemvorth  Nat. Bank  Bldg. 

1044  O  St 

557  South  Spring  St 

25  South  Third  St 

Magazine  and  Natchez  Sts.     .     . 


OAKLAND,  CAL. 
OMAHA,  NEB.    . 


366  Broadway 
287  Broadway 
1122  Broadway 


PHILADELPHIA,  PA.  .    . 

PITTSBURG,  PA 

PORTLAND,  ORE.    .    .    . 


1324  Farnam  St. 
632  Chestnut  St.  . 
841  Chestnut  St. 
539  Smithfield  St. 


PUEBLO,  COLO 

SACRAMENTO,  CAL.   .    . 
ST.  JOSEPH,  MO.      ... 

ST.  LOUIS,  MO 

SALT  LAKE  CITY,  UTAH 
SAN  FRANCISCO,  CAL.   . 

SAN  JOSE,  CAL 

SEATTLE,  WASH.    .    .    . 


Third  and  Washington  Sts. 
312  North  Main  St.     ... 

1007  Second  St 

505  Francis  St 

903  Olive  St.,  Century  Bldg. 


42  Powell  St..      . 
19  North  First  St. 


A.  J.DUTCHER General  Agent 

WILLARD  MASSEY     .    .    .    Ne-w  England  Pass'r  Agent 

E.  R.  BREISCH Ticket  Agent 

W.  G.  NEIMYER General  Agent 

W.H.CONNOR General  Agent 

GEO.  B.  HILD -    .    .     General  Agent 

WILLIAM  B.  RICHARDS City  Ticket  Agent 

R.  S.  RUBLE  .     .    Assistant  Gen1 1  Pass'r  Agt.  U.  P.  R.  R. 

J.W.  TURTLE Traveling  Passenger  A grnt 

J.C.FERGUSON General  Agent 

T.  J.  ANDERSON  .    .   Gen1 1  Pass'r  Agi.  G,  H.  &  S.  A.Ry. 

General  Passenger  Agent 

San  Francisco  Overland  Route 

H.  G.  KAILL      .     .    .    Asst.  Gen'l  Pass'r  Agt.  U.  P.  R.  R. 
J.  J.  HARTNETT General  Agent 

E.  B.  SLOSSON      General  Agent 

H.O.WILSON        General  Agent 

H.  F.  CARTER       District  Passenger  Agent 

J.  H.  R.  PARSONS      .     Gen1 1  Pass'r  Agt.  M.  /,.  &  T.  R.  R. 

and  S.  S.  Lines 

L.  H.  NUTTING     .      General  Passenger  Agent  So.  Pac.  Co. 
J.  B.  DeFRIEST      .    .     General  Eastern  Agent  U.  P.  R.  R. 

H.  V.  BLASDEL Agent  Passenger  Dept. 

GERRIT  FORT    .    Pass'r  Traffic Mgr.  U.  P.-O.  S.  L.  R.  R's 
L.  BEINDORFF    ....       City  Pass'r  Agent  U.  P.  R.  R. 

R.  J.  SMITH General  Agent  So.  Pac.  Co. 

S.  C.  MILBOURNE General  Agent 

G.  G.  HERRING General  Agent 

WM.  McMURRAY  .     Gen' I  Pass'r  Agt.  O.-  W.  R.  6-  N.  Co. 
C.  W.  STINGER     .     City  Ticket  Agent  O.-  W.  R.  &>  N.  Co. 

L.M.TUDOR         Commercial  A gent 

JAMES  WARRACK       Passenger  Agent 

C.  T.  HUMMER     .   Asst.  Gen'l  Pass'r  A g-t.  St.  J.  &•  G.I.  Ry. 
J.G.LOWE General  Agent 

D.  E.  BURLEY       .    .    Gen' I  Pass'r  Agt.  O.  S.  L.  R.  R.  Co. 
S.  F.  BOOTH       General  Agent 

F.  W.  ANGIER       Agent  Passenger  Deft. 


SPOKANE,  WASH.  .  . 
SYDNEY,  AUSTRALIA 
TACOMA,  WASH.  .  .  . 
TORONTO,  CANADA  . 
YOKOHAMA,  JAPAN  . 


608  First  Avenue    .    . 
603  Sprague  Avenue   . 

40  Pitt  St 

Berlin  Bldg 

Room  14,  Janes  Bldg. 
4  Water  St 


W.  D.  SKINNER 
E.  E.  ELLIS  .    . 
H.  C.  MUNSON 
V.  A.  SPROUL  . 
ROBERT  LEE 
J.  O.  GOODSELL 


Gen'l  Pass'r  Agt.  O.-W.  R.  6W.  Co. 

General  Agent  0.-  W.  R.  &>  N.  Co. 
City  Tkt.  Agent  0.-  W.  R.  6*  N.  Co. 
.  .  .  Australian  Passenger  Agent 

General  Agent  O.-  W.  R.  &  JV.  Co. 

.    .    .      Traveling  Passenger  Agent 

....      General  Passenger  Agent 

San  Francisco  Overland  Routt 


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